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# Nairn update - Herald leads in most boring headline of century comp
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/nairn-update-herald-leads-in-most-boring-headline-of-century-comp/
- Published: 2008-03-07T09:03:18.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:39:42.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:41

**Anthony Barnett (London,** [**OK**](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**):** This surely must be in the lead for the least interesting headline of the 21st century:

[Professor calls for update in attitudes to Scottish independence](http://www.theherald.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2093244.mostviewed.professor%5Fcalls%5Ffor%5Fupdate%5Fin%5Fattitudes%5Fto%5Fscottish%5Findependence.php?ref=opendemocracy.net)

There was no need to add "not many dead"! For a' that, it is a good short summary by the Glasgow Herald's political editor Douglas Fraser of the Tom Nairn [lecture](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/03/05/tom-nairn-on-scotland-as-pioneer-of-the-new-globalisation/?ref=opendemocracy.net) I blogged yesterday,

for a' that, an a' that it's comin' yet for a' that that man tae man the warld ower shall brithers be for a' that!

There are also some witty comments. And thanks to the Scottish government you can now also listen the full lecture [here](http://podcast.scotland.gov.uk/tom-nairn.mp3?ref=opendemocracy.net) or download as an mp3 (it's an hour I'm warned it takes some time).